The Gone series is a great read, especially if you've read the entire series and consumed the story as a whole. As you read on, the books get darker and darker and you're just on the end of your seat wondering which flies are going to drop next. It stays interesting and rarely drags, and again it's better if you read all of the books closely together now that they're all out since I personally could not really pick a favourite. Grant always leaves his books on a cliffhanger or a Sequel Hook but the next books picks it up pretty quickly and smoothly.
However, it's not a perfect series. I have not read any of Grant's other books but I figure he has a style in that he likes to write creepy stuff. Just put the creepiest things possible in his books even if they're not entirely necessary. Maybe it's just the Squick factor talking but Grant's warped imagination often causes him to create foul, twisted creatures out of nowhere just for the sake of being creepy. I know, the series is about mutations but sometimes his monstrosities feel a little forced and over the top. Still, YMMV and it's only a nitpick. If you're into that stuff, you'll love this.
The books' strength is in its characters. Holey moley. From the beginning he lodges a bunch of problems on them and doesn't hold back from there. Over the series they grow and evolve beautifully with each new challenge they face, big or small. No character walks out the same person that came in and Grant has a way for making you really care about these characters and all the hardships they go through. This doubles for the fact that Grant loves to play the Anyone Can Die card so be wary. Though I'll agree with the review below me in that some side characters get easily forgotten but with a cast this big, it's pretty forgivable. For the rest, Grant handles the character development wonderfully and each character has their own voice and personality. You're going to at least adore one character and abhor another.
With that said, I definitely recommend the Gone Series if you're a fan of either wack-job creepy stuff or character-focused stories with heaps of development on the side.
(And I I'm not afraid to confess that I totally bawled like a baby at the finale, fyi. Talk about feels.)
It's just the FAYZ and the FAYZ is awesome.
The Gone series is a great read, especially if you've read the entire series and consumed the story as a whole. As you read on, the books get darker and darker and you're just on the end of your seat wondering which flies are going to drop next. It stays interesting and rarely drags, and again it's better if you read all of the books closely together now that they're all out since I personally could not really pick a favourite. Grant always leaves his books on a cliffhanger or a Sequel Hook but the next books picks it up pretty quickly and smoothly.
However, it's not a perfect series. I have not read any of Grant's other books but I figure he has a style in that he likes to write creepy stuff. Just put the creepiest things possible in his books even if they're not entirely necessary. Maybe it's just the Squick factor talking but Grant's warped imagination often causes him to create foul, twisted creatures out of nowhere just for the sake of being creepy. I know, the series is about mutations but sometimes his monstrosities feel a little forced and over the top. Still, YMMV and it's only a nitpick. If you're into that stuff, you'll love this.
The books' strength is in its characters. Holey moley. From the beginning he lodges a bunch of problems on them and doesn't hold back from there. Over the series they grow and evolve beautifully with each new challenge they face, big or small. No character walks out the same person that came in and Grant has a way for making you really care about these characters and all the hardships they go through. This doubles for the fact that Grant loves to play the Anyone Can Die card so be wary. Though I'll agree with the review below me in that some side characters get easily forgotten but with a cast this big, it's pretty forgivable. For the rest, Grant handles the character development wonderfully and each character has their own voice and personality. You're going to at least adore one character and abhor another.
With that said, I definitely recommend the Gone Series if you're a fan of either wack-job creepy stuff or character-focused stories with heaps of development on the side.
(And I I'm not afraid to confess that I totally bawled like a baby at the finale, fyi. Talk about feels.)